FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 6, 1946:
STOCKHOLM,
SWEDEN
Arrived
in Stockholm and spent the day conferring with President Blomquist, visiting
with President and Sister Cowles, missionaries, and friends and in taking care
of mail and inspecting three prospective mission home buildings.
Attended
meeting of the Saints and spoke for forty-five minutes on the children of
Judah, which question is very much in the news today. Many people, nations, and
prominent Jews are opposing the return of Judah to Palestine. The spirit of
gathering is resting so powerfully upon them that they are flocking to that
land under the most adverse circumstances resulting in much suffering. Of
course it is all in fulfillment of prophecy in the Bible, Book of Mormon, and
Doctrine and Covenants, and no matter what nations or individuals say or so,
the Jews will return to Palestine. (Personal Journal of Ezra Taft Benson,
September 6, 1946, in A Labor of Love: The 1946 European Mission of Ezra
Taft Benson [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1989], 182-83)